What is ACS CAN doing to improve access to care?
• Developing policy on critical health principles • Collaborating with key stakeholders in the health care reform debate to find common ground on improving the health care system • Sharing the concerns of cancer patients and their families with legislators at the state and federal levels, and telling them that health care reform needs to be a legislative priority • Securing a seat at the table for legislative discussions on health care reform • Advocating for programs such as the Center for Disease Control and Preventions National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, which offers free mammograms and follow-up care to low income, underinsured, and uninsured women • Advocating against legislation that threatens insurance coverage requirements
